January 3, 2010
Desperate Somalis seek ‘back-door’ route to US (AP)
AP – The asylum seeker from Somalia hung his head as an immigration judge grilled him about his treacherous journey from the Horn of Africa. By air, sea and land he finally made it to Mexico, and then a taxi delivered him into the arms of U.S. border agents at San Diego.
January 3, 2010
Obama cites apparent al-Qaida link in bomb plot (AP)
AP – An al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen apparently ordered the Christmas Day plot against a U.S. airliner, training and arming the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused in the failed bombing, President Barack Obama said Saturday.
January 2, 2010
US: No reason for Iran to oppose nuclear proposal (AP)
AP – A U.S. official says Iran “is standing in its own way” by issuing a one-month deadline for the West to accept Iran’s response to a U.N.-drafted nuclear plan.
